Dropping in to game design
| Autor: | Michala Cox, Kristen N. Missall, Deb M. Dunkhase, Ben J. Miller, Salloni Nanda, Jeremy Dietmeier, Benjamin M. DeVane, Ethan Valentine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Video game development
business.industry Metaphor Interface (Java) media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING 050301 education Library and Information Sciences Computer Science Applications Education Task (project management) Game design Human–computer interaction 0502 economics and business Narrative business 0503 education 050212 sport leisure & tourism Agile software development media_common |
| Zdroj: | Information and Learning Sciences. 120:663-678 |
| ISSN: | 2398-5348 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/ils-03-2019-0023 |
| Popis: | PurposeThis paper aims to present an iterative approach to creating a collaborative design-and-play skatepark videogame for a children’s museum physics exhibit. Intended for children of 5-8 years old and accompanying adults, this interactive tabletop game encourages players to build a skatepark and then skate through it with a skater character. This case study describes the authors’ design perspective shift to make the game’s possibilities for tinkering more “perceptible.”Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents a case-based design narrative that draws on the project’s iterative playability testing with parent–child dyads and reflections from the design team’s endeavors. This analysis draws on methodological elements adapted from agile game development processes and educational design-based research.FindingsThe initial game prototype inhibited the collaborative tinkering of parent–child dyads because it used interface abstractions such as menus, did not orient to the task of tinkering with skatepark design and did not help players understand why their skatepark designs failed. Subsequent game versions adopted blocks as a metaphor for interaction, gave players explicit design goals and models and provided players with more explicit feedback about their skater’s motion.Originality/valueMuseum games that provide tinkering experiences for children are an emerging medium. Central concerns for those designing such games are presenting multiple modes of play for different players and contexts and clearly and quickly communicating the possible activities and interactions. The design approach in this study offers players the opportunity to – at both short and long timescales – take up game-directed challenges or explore the skatepark physics through self-generated goals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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